The tablet has a
waterproof casing and was designed by a group of international
technology volunteers, including Google.

The gadget can be used even while wearing gloves, in storms and
in high humidity, the BBC reports.

Inventors say it can be doused in chlorine solution of 0.5
percent, which kills the Ebola virus.

The edges around the tablet have been smoothed so they don’t rip
medical workers’ protective clothing.

The tablet, which has been tested at a Doctors Without Borders
treatment facility in Sierra Leone, could prove a breakthrough in
containing the outbreak. Until now, medical workers had to shout
patient notes through fences to avoid further contamination, the
BBC reports.

This, however, created the risk of miscommunication and incorrect
diagnosis.

Ebola is passed on through body fluids, including sweat, urine
and blood. Even a piece of paper could transmit the virus. Now,
with the virus-proof tablet, doctors can record and store patient
information digitally.

Health workers will use it to track a patient's progress and
monitor vital health stats, including pulse and temperature.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported the highest
weekly number of Ebola cases in Guinea thus far this year.

There have been more than 25,000 cases of Ebola, mainly in the
hardest-hit West African countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra
Leone, with over 10,000 reported deaths, according to the WHO.

Liberia has reported no new confirmed cases for the third
consecutive week and Sierra Leone had the lowest weekly total
recorded since June 2014.